Recreation device.



PATENTED MAY 12, 1903.

J WILSON. V RECREATION DEVICE. APPLIUATION FILED Nov; 11, 1902.

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J. WILSON.- RECREATION DEVICE. 'APPLIOAHOH FILED NOV. 11. 1902.

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ATTORNEY V N0. 728,062. PATENTED MAY 12; 1903.

J. NELSON. I RECREATION DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED 11, 1902.

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Patented May 12, 1968.

JGHN WILSON, 6F NEVV' SUFFOLK, NEW YORIX.

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$4393 "JIFIGEKGi" forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,082, dated May12, 1903. Application filed November 11,1902, Serial filo. 130,881. -(Nomodel) Be it known that 1, JOHN EVILSON, o citizen of the UnitedSta-fies, residing in New Suffoils, in iho oounsy of Suffolk 22216.State of New York, have invented certain newand useful limyi'oveinentein Recreation Devices, of which the foliowing is e specification.

This invenion .r-eloies to the class of devices employed for amusementand reoreetion end usually found 2.17 popular summer resome; and theobject is to provide a. means whereby those who desire it may experiencezhe noi el seeeaiioo of diving in a. Weter-tig'hfi submarinehoalyoiekiog a. trip under water, and coming to i e etaleildiog pleoe.

In is Patent No. 690,215., L skewed and described this general chemoter, PEGSS: ion is in some sense on improvement moi-eon, embodying,however, certain novei feeemes designed port to re lo-3e cost ofioemlling the pleat end we io oviiie novel means for ogea'eizi'og;

. boeiz -veliiolee. Li theecmw nyiogdl-ewioge, whioh serve to illustyete#Zhe invention, Figure 1 a plan of the device. 2 is a vertical sectionsubetentielly oi li e :o in Fig. 1. Fig. ie a secoion substantially atline 0: in Fig. 2. Fig.

4 is a detail View of the end of e. driving-err". Fig. 5 is a viewiliiist-reting the operatioo of getting a fleeting boot on the track.Figs. 6 and 6 are views illustrating the electric stop device. Fig. 7 islongitiidinal vertical mid-seci ioo. of the boat-vehicle on a largescale. 8 is a moss-section at (a in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is face View of theunder side of the hoich.

N dcsigneles any waterway-as an artillciol lake, forexample-and Cdosigna-tesa cir .oulor curb 01-well submerged in the some odjeoent tothe shore. This ourb is not absolutely necessary, but it is convenientfor voi'ious res-sous.

l is a, track, of circular form, laid on' the bottom of the ai'erway andhaving an olcvation at. 2, Fig. 2. Atthe center of the circular track isroietively mounted a. hub 3, provided with arms 4. Four arms are shownherein; but ilie'numoel' is not essential to my invention. There may beone or more. Each arm has all; its outer end an upright guide I We 5 anda track-wheel 6, which runs on a circular crack 7 at; the bottom of thewaterway. The hub or center 3 is roteied for operating she driving-arms4: ihz'oogii the medium of a sheifi 8, provided wiih a "novelwheel 9,which gears with teeth om the hub. The power for driving the shaft 8 maybe of any kind, so fora-s my invention is conoeroed. As here shown, itiean eieotric motor 10, having on a prolongation 11 of its armature-arbora. worm or screw 12, which gears with a, Worm-wheel 13 on thedriving-shaft 8. There are some features for controlling the motor whichwill he hereinafter.

At; the poiofi 2, Where the brook 1 is elevated, there is alending-stage 14, which has or may have two hinged platforms 15 15,adopted to be raised ondlowered by suitable means.

B designates as a whole one of the howeveliicles which travel aubmergedon the track 1. The ooooie oer-Pied around or made to travel elowlyoverthe cirouizir tree; by means ofoneo'f the driving-arms 4.2,projecting stud or log 16 on the side of the boat engagiog the uprightgoideway 5 on the end of said arm,

fall without disengagement from the drivingarm. The boat in itspreferred form is illustrained in Figs. 7, 8, and 9. The general form ofthe boot is that of the known submarine boot. In its bottom areconnected waterballast tanks 17, which are filled through a pipe 18 inthe bottom andempiied through the same. This pipe is controlled by a,suitable valve 19. 20 represents holders for highlycompressed air, and21 is a. pressure-reducer that is to say, the air from the holder orhoii ere 20 may be odmitizecl to the 1 85111530: :21 through a. pipe 22,controlled by a, cook 23, and the pressure of the air in the holder 21be ilms reduced to any degree required. From the holder 2]. EL pipe 24-,controlled by e cock 25, icads the air to the bellost'rtanks. Now imoasethe boat, with fares 01' passengers on board, should besubmei'ged andthe machinery get; out of order the compressed air may be turned on, thevalve 19 opened, and the ballast bio W11 out by the compressed air. Theboat will then rise to the surface and can be floated. to thelending-place 14. The boom has suiteblefionged Wheels 26, Fig. 7, to runsaid gnideway permitting L-he boat torise and ICO I sunk means areprovided on the track 1, seat or seats for the pas: sengers, hatchways38 for ingress and egress, and steps 29 to reach thelattcr, Thehatchways have each hatch or cover 30, preferably hinged to the coaming,cease to turn back when lifted, and a locking device to draw it downwhen closed and cause the packing 31 therein to bear on the coaming andmake a water-tight joint. This closing device consists of a screw 32,hinged to the under side of the hatch at 33 and provided with ahandlcdnut 34, which bears on a cross-bar 35, loosely embracing the shank ofthe screw. The hatchway is an oblong rectangle, so that when turned oneway the bar 35 will pass through it; but when turned the other way saidbar will engage the margin of the hatchway, as seen in Fig. 8, and forma non-yielding base for the nut 34 to bear on. It isnot essential,however, that the hatch be oblong or wider one way than another, as thebar may be turned diagonally of the opening, so as to pass out throughthe hatchway or opening. The heat is provided with bulls eye lights orlenses 36 in its sides.

In case the boat should be put in floating condition and brought to thelanding-place 14, as before stated, in order to insure its seatingitself on the track properly and to insure the lug 1G properly enteringthe guideway 5 on the driving-arm when it is again which will now bedescribed.

On the side of the boat are two eyes 37, one

near each end of the boat, and mounted slidably in suitable verticalguides on the landing-stage are two guiding-bolts 38. Then the boat isbrought into position, these bolts are passed down through the eyes 37on the heat. These bolts serve to guide the coat in its descent, so thatits wheels will rest or seat themselves properly on the track-rails. Toinsure the entry of the lug 16 into tlie g..ideway 5, there is a bar 39,hinged on the driving-arm l 40, and when this bar is raised and turnedover, so as to rest on the edge oi? the platform at the landing 1t, itmust be made to coincide with a mark or notch ll on the platform inorder to bring the guideway 5 into line with the lug 16 on. the boat.The electrical driving mechanism herein shown has some novel features,which will now be described with especial reference to Figs. 1 and 6.

G is the generator, (of any kind,) which supplies the motor 10 through asuitable circuit 0. (Shown somewhat diagrammatically in Fig. 1.),Mounted on and insulated from a counter-shaft 42 is a contact-disk 43,which is rotated from the main shaft 8 through suitable gear-wheels as.i This disk is at a breaking-point in the circuit a and forms, throughthe medium of a brush 0, a terminal oi the. circuit at this break. Thecircuit is'completed by a terminal stud c in the circuit, Figs. 6 and6", which bears on the face of the disk 43; but in the face of this diskis inrecess saluting-block 4-5, which when the disk shall have made one"evolution will come the 85nd c the circuit, and stop motor. in order toprovide means for star at the landingplace, Fig. 2, or situated whetever is most convenient.

'ing the motor again, the stud c is mounted The operation is as follows:As the disk 43 makes substantially one revolution whenever the boatlimakes one circuit on its track, it follows that, if the parts beproperly set, when the boat arrives the landing-place theinsulating-block 45 on the disk 43 will come under the stud 0 Thecircuit will thus be broken, and the motor stopped. To start the motor,the attendant rocks'the shaft 49 through the lever 50, so as to shiftthe stud c from the insulation onto the metal of the disk, and thusagain complete the circuit through the motor. There is or mayoe areversing-switc'n 51 on the motor-frame, as indicated, for reversing thection of travel of the boat, if this be d ed.

The curb G is desirah 3r preventing the boat-vehicle from drifti... toofar should it be set afloat, and it also facilitates the confinement ofthe driving mechanism within a restricted space or well that may bepumped out, if occasion requires. This maybe done by lowering the levelof the entire body of Water by draining until it is below that of thetop of the curb.

The track 1 may be undulating or irregular, if desired, and theguiding-bolts in extend down to the bottom to impart Ztdkll. tionalstability, if rec c Having th us :ie claim--- 1. in a devi for rec.combination with a subm ule, hue tor-tight, boat-vehicle, provided w lto run on a track and with we... r means on the boat for blowing outlast to set the boat afloat, a submerged track on which the boat runsand down upon "which it is pressed 'ard held'by the ballast, and meansfor prop ning the boat along said track.

' 2. Inadevice for recreation purposes,a submergible, buoyant,water-tight, boat-vehicle,

provided with wheels to run on a track, with water ballast to hold itdown on the track, and with means for blowing out the ballast to set theboat afloat, of a substantially circular,

submerged track on which the boat runs and down upon which it is pressedand held by the ballast, and mechanism for propelling the boat alongsaid track, the latter having an elevated portion, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

3. In a device for recreation purposes, the combination with asubstantially circular sub merged main track, a central hub providedwith one or more driving-arms, mechanism submergible boat-vehicle havingwheels to "ream-e for driving said hub, upright guides 5 on the l run onsaid track, eyes 37 to receive said bolts, and a stud 16, said boathaving also Water ballast, and means for blowing out the same to sci;the boat afloat, as set forth.

5. The combination with the submerged track, and the ballestedboat-vehicle provided with wheels for running on said track, of means onsaid heat for discharging its ballast and setting it afloat, and meansfor guiding it to the submerged track when is is reballasted.

5. The combination with the endless, submerged treck, and thesnbmergible beet provided with wheels which run on seid treck,

of a central hubB, an arm 4: thereon, an upright-guide 5 on said arm,and means for reteiing eeid hub, said hub having a lug 16 on its sidewhich engages said guide, substantially as set forilh.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name, this 10th day ofNovember, 1902,

in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. 35

J OHN WILSON;

Witnesses:

HENRY CONNETT, PETER A. Ross.

